Supply chain agility: Scale development

The International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-424

  li, Xun ^a   Goldsby, Thomas J ^b   Holsapple, Clyde W ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile production; Measurement; Process analysis; Response time; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166789     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09574090911002841     Document Type: Article

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